A Look at Cardi B’s Best Beauty Moments

In case you’ve been existing under a rock, or you’re residing in a WiFi-less zone (in which case, welcome back! Happy to have you), you know that rapper, and former TV personality, Cardi B is having an incredible week. In fact, she’s having a record-breaking, history-making week. Her single, “Bodak Yellow,” reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, dethroning Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do” (good riddance) and making Cardi the first female rapper to hit number one on her own, since Lauryn Hill did it in 1998 with “Doo Wop (That Thing).” Yup, that was almost two decades ago. Other female rappers have reached number two—Nicki Minaj with “Anaconda,” Eve (and Gwen Stefani) with “Let Me Blow Ya Mind,” Lil’ Kim (and 50 Cent) with “Magic Stick”—but they never quite made it to the top. You can read more about why it’s so important here.

But on to Cardi B, outside of music. She started her career as an exotic dancer and simultaneously built up her social media following, which is now at a cool 10 million on Instagram alone. She took her Instagram fame to the small screen, becoming a regular on Love and Hip Hop: New York. She’s largely considered the breakout star of the seasons she appeared on (six and seven) and left the show at the end of 2016 to pursue music.

Which brings us to this week. After releasing “Bodak Yellow” in June, the song enjoyed a steady chart climb and legit insane (and well-deserved) radio airplay. Which is all fine and well until it got to number two on the charts and sat there for a couple of weeks, all while Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj fans were plotting against her (ugh). But as of yesterday, “Bodak Yellow” is officially the number one song in the U.S. (As it should be.)

A post shared by Cardi B Official IG (@iamcardib) on Sep 25, 2017 at 10:00pm PDT

Below, take a look at some of Cardi’s many, many memorable beauty looks over the past couple years, from waist-length red hair to flawless fringe to bright blue under-eye liner. In the meantime, we’ll be waiting for Cardi’s inevitable upcoming beauty contract. Who will it be? M.A.C? Fenty Beauty? Only time will tell.